The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-17
SHE WAS MARY DORMAN.
TIDE BODY OF THE BUTCHERED RAH-
WAY GIRL PROBABLY IDENTIFIED.

WAY GIRL PROBABLY DEA1IBIKD.
Deckerfown woman, Who is the Living
Picture of the Dead Girl. Iaertfass
Her Her slster-The story Of Her
Disappearaaee-A CabIegram 10 I'm.
rope.
The name of Mrs. William Space, Deck
eftowD, N. j., was written on the register
at Taylor Hotel last night. A reporter of
the SUNDAY MORNING NEWS recognized it at
once as that of the lady who had few
hours previously identified the body Of the
butchsred girl at Railway as that of her
sister, Mary Dorman, and through the
courtesy of Robert Keren, the hotel clerk,
an interview with the lady was made pes
sible for the reporter. When Mrs. Space
walked into the parlor the newspaper man
was impressed at once by the remarkable
resemblance in face and figure between
her and the victim of the Railway tragedy.
Her face, especially at the eyes and fere-
head, was living reproduction of the
hapless Railway stranger. Mrs. Space was
questioned, and told her story With a
strong Scotch accent.
81 cams to this country from Glasgow
she said, ssthirte en- years ago. Mr.. William
A Stiles, once Secretary of the State Sem
ate, was the first man 1 spoke to after
reaching here He employed me to work
on Gen. Kilpatrick's farm at Deckertown,
and I went out there. have since lived
and married there, and have my own
farm there now with my husband I
have q brother-in-law named Kirk
wood in this city. He boards at No. 181
1. -. e. IL. H.
re in Scotland, and he is going back in
a fortnight. He wrote to me that my
mother in Scotland had written tnat INV
SISTER Mary was to leave for America on
the following Tuesday. The letter was
dated March 3. The next Tuesday was
the 8th. If she sailed then she should
have been in this country by the 2eth.
The Railway stranger was murdered on the
oath. Two weeks ago AIR. Kirkwood wrote
that letter he had just received from my
mother stated that they had heard nothing
from my sister after her departure, and be
wanted to know if she had reached my
house, to which she was to go. She had
not suspected that the Railway victim
mieht be she; but knew she had scar on
her right leg, made by q sickle she
was playing with when she was eight
years old; and the papers made
no mention of such scar. Finally the
''World'' mentioned scar and l wrote to
morg lie keeper Ryno. describing it as
located between the knee rand the ankle.
His answer was SO encouraging that de-
cided to come on. To-day I visited the
morgue I knew the face and form ut once.
l looked at the scar. It was just where nay
| sisters had been and such one as the
sickle might have made. I am on nay way
home now, satisfied that my poor sister lies
in the mergue. To make assurance doubiy
sure l have cablegramed to mother to ask
whether she has yet heard from her. Ifshs
has not all doubt will be removed"
s'How do you suppose the girl may have
got into Railway ?" asked the reporter.
swell, at 4:30 in the afternoon two trains
leave the Pennsylvania depot from one
one platform. A train on one side of
the platform goes to Deckertown, the
ether out through Railway on the
main line of the road She may have
taken the train on the wrong side while on
her way to my place"
Mrs. Space added that the goods wora
by tho murdered girl were Scotch fabrics,
only she was surprised that her sister
| should not have worn better clothing
| She might have had such as was found on
her, but she should also have had better as
we'll.
| 1t must be remembered thst Mrs 8 pace
has not seen her sister in thirteen years.
A dispatch to the Associated Psess from
Railway last night says that during tae
afternoon Mrs. Spaces sister. Mrs Harris,
| of East Fourteenth street, New York. Wis
tied Rehway and said that the girl looked
! like her missing sister, but she was not 50
positive in her Identification as Mrs Sp sca
had been. She had not seen Mary iasevsn
years.